A bronze masterpiece, shining with brilliance enters the history books. The eighth medal for Italy in Sochi carries all the weight of the regal face and movements of Carolina Kostner. From the Ave Maria by Schubert to Ravel's Bolero, from a short wild programme to an authoritative freeness, the sad slide of Vancouver 2010 is consigned to the archives, buried under the applause of the...

Giorgio Di Centa is out of the games . A nagging hernia has forced the Olympic champion to return to Italy which means he will miss the 50 k Cross Country Ski on Sunday. Despite the treatments he has received in the last few days, Di Centa has had to surrender to the obvious impossibility of him competing. The Italian will be returning to Italy tomorrow morning and will be visited by the staff...

Arianna Fontana will be the flag bearer for the Italian team at the closing ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for Sunday at Fisht Olympic Stadium, with an expected start time of 20.00 hours. The multi Olympic medalist of the short track, who has been on the podium in the last three editions of the Games, will carry the flag that the President of the Republic Giorgio...

        NORDIC COMBINED Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 09:00 12:00 Armin Bauer Samuel Costa Alessandro Pittin Lukas Runggaldier M LH Jumping Team RusSky Gorki   9.   NORDIC COMBINED Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 12:00 15:00 Armin Bauer Samuel Costa Alessandro...